Two Whitehaven Coal businesses now face environmental penalties totalling up to $20 million, after failing to convince a NSW agency to accept their enforceable undertaking that included a large payment to the NSW Minerals Council.
A group of bushfire survivors that has mounted a court challenge against the NSW EPA has won the right to present expert climate change evidence from a former Australian chief scientist.
A tribunal has set aside a wind farm permit after finding that the developer failed to get the consent of the owners of buildings including a nearby converted dairy and a small cabin.
The ACCC has continued a losing streak of cases over company environmental claims, with the Full Federal Court dismissing its appeal about Woolworths' labelling.
The Federal Court has found a lawyer, an accountant and a financial planner guilty of promoting a tax exploitation scheme based on contracts purporting to sell carbon credits.